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Reviews for Explorer Canoe by Coleman

Bought the canoe in spring last year (2004) for rouglhy 650$ CDN. Good canoe for beginners. Me & wife went even on canoe-camping for a night. Loaded with gear for 2 days, behaved really good in small rapids (R1, R2)and was quite stable. The only bad point: canoe is dam heavy for portage! At some point, we just dragged it along the river. The plastic construction made it virtually non destructible: we paddle for 3 years now and we were beginners at that time: we hit a lot of rocks and knocked it all around.

If you wanna take a passenger, this one HAVE TO BE seated on the bottom of the canoe,not on the middle seat because then, it become REALLY UNSTABLE.

Update to review.... have has Canoe out about 20 times this year so far, and it is great. Remove the built-in cooler cover so passenger in the middle can sit lower, makes canoe way more stable. Will attempt the St. Croix River ( New Brunswick) July 19, and I'll see how it performs in moving water....

Had my clunker cedar strip stolen last year and was looking for an economical canoe for recreational paddling. Purchased for 524 CDN, and it included paddles and a built-in cooler! Minor assembly required, but this canoe looks great as a family paddler.

Purchased at national discount warehouse store, this canoe was well worth the $399 price. The plastic seats and middle seat/cooler were easy to install with a wrench and electric screw driver (30 minutes). For a canoe which is left outside during the summer, dragged over rocks and frequently used kids, the Coleman Explorer has held up well. Not a racer, but a good value for the $.

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